Device for making piecrusts



Patented Mar. 27, 1951 &5463656 DEVIQE FOR MAKING PIECRUSTS Stanley S. Smith,'^Mount Kisco, N. Y.

Substituted for application Serial No. 534,189, May 17, 1945. This application October 6, 1949,

Serial No. 119,946

2 Clams.

The device of the present invention consists of a device for making pie crusts comprising a mold having a shallow substantially circular cavity with a fiat bottom and a low Vertical peripheral side wall, the depth of the cavity being equal to the thickness of the pie crust desired to be made, the inside diameter of the cavity being substantially the same as that of thetotal diameters of the bottom and side crusts desired, and a at ring having an outside diameter furnishing a loose fit of said ring inside said cavity, and having an inside dameter greater than th outsde diameter of the top pie crust desired to be made. The method of the present invention consists of the method of making the top crust of a pie having bottom and side crusts contained within a pie plate, the filling of the pie being in place therein, comprising the steps of placing the kneaded dough for said top crust in a mold provided with a substantially circular cavity With a fiat bottom and low vertical side wall, the diameter of the cavity being substantialiy equal to the combined diameters of the bottom crust and side crusts, and the depth of the cavty being substantially equal to the thickness of the top crust desired to be made, the quantity of said kneaded dough being sufficient to fill said cavity to excess, 'removing the excess dough by a roller so that the remaining dough is flush with the top edge of the cavity, placing a fiat ring having an outside diameter less than the diameter of the cavity and an inside diameter greater than the outside diameter of the pie plate, on top of and centered with respect to the dcugh layer in the cavity, inverting the mold and ring while held together upon the pie plate, centered with respect thereto and permitting the ring to drop over the pie plate and the top pie crust dough layer to settle in place on top of the oe.

Pie crusts for the usual fruit pies are about inch thck. Pie crusts for meat pies are usually twice as thick, about inch. The form of my device shown in the annexed drawings is designed for making bottom, side and top crusts of either thickness, but it will be understood that my invention is not limited to such a dual function form and includes separate devices for each thickness of crust.

The oregoing and other objects of my invention will be apparent from the following description of the invention taken in connection with the annexed drawings in which Fig. 1 is a plan View of the mold forming part of my invention, showing the fiat ring used in connection therewth in plan view.

2 is a horizontal cross section of the mold shown in Fig. l taken on any diameter of the mold, as line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

3 is an external elevational view of the mold.

Fig. 4 is a vertical cross section of the ring.

Fig. 5 is a modification of the outside shape of the mold.

5 is a perspective View of the roller used with the device.

Reierring to the drawings, Figs. 1 and 2 show a mold generally indicated as A provided with two opposed cavities, i@ and i I, separated by a web i2, th parallel faces of which form the fiat bottoms i 5 and i 5 of the two cavities respectively. The inside faces 53 and ie of the sidewalls of cavities %ii and ii are perp-endicular to the bottoms i 5 an* it. The sidewall !3 (Fig. 2) is inch in depth and the sidewall i i is inch in depth, the cavity i@ being intended for making the crust of fruit other pies requiring thin crusts, and cavity ii for the more substantial crustsiof meat and kindred pies. These dimensions, oi course, may he varied according to the thickness of crust desired.

The sidewail of the mold is designated generaiiy as ii. As seen in Figs. 2 and 3 in cross section it is of triangular shape protruding outwardly, !3 being the ridge, the purpose of which is to facilitatelifting the mold, as the fingertips get under overhung portion. Fig. 5 shows a modification of this cross sectional shape of the sidewall providing a depression !8' running the full length of the sidewall which the fingertips may engage. any other modifications of the exterior of the sidewall i? of the mold, including projecting handles or discontinuous depressions may be employed for the same purpose.

The and bottom plan views of the mold are identical and Fig. 1 serves to show either View.

In Figs. l and 4 is shown in plan and cross section respectiveiy, a fiat ring indicated generally as B, which is used in connection with mold A as hereinater explained. In Fig. 1, ring B is shown in place with respect to mold A. Its outside diameter is less than the inside diameter of cavity !ii or I I so that it will loosely fit therein. An all around clearance of inch will sumce. The inside diameter of ring B is sufciently greater than the outside of the pie plate in which the pie is to be baked to permit ring B to pass over the pie plate. An all around clearance of about A; inch will suffice. If a pie is to be` made in the usual 9 inch pie plate the inside diameter of ring B should be 9 inches, the outside diameter inches in diameter may be used satisfactorily With a pie plate with a 9 irch diameter.

My said device is a simple one, inexpensive, durable and extremely easy to keep clean. I prefer that it be made, both mold A and ring B,

of glass or of any of the various suitable plastic substitutes for glass. The use of glass or such glass substitutes would permit it to be molded and reduce the cost of manufacture. It may of course be made of Wood or other materials.

The procedure for making the bottom, side and top pie crusts is as folloWs:

The pie crust dough is mixed and kneaded in the usual manner and a sufcient quantity of the kneaded dough is placed in cavity I@ of mold A (if a inch crust is desired) to fill it to a slight excess. Cavity ID Will previously have been powdered with flour in the usual manner to 'prevent the dough from adhering to it. An ordinary roller (29, Fig. 6), of a length greater than the diameter of the mold cavity, is rolled over the ;a

top of the cavity, the roller at all times spanning and resting upon the top edges of the cavity, so as to remove any excess thickness of dough and to cut the edges of the dough layer in coincidence with the edges of the cavity and hence provides a layer With a uniform thickness of o e inch. This layer will form the bottom and side crusts of the pie.

With the layer thus formed in cavity iS, the pie plate n which the pie is to be baked is placed in inverted and concentric position over cavity e. The pie plate and mold A are then held together by the fingers and inverted. The layer Will then settle into the proper position in the pie plate iorming therein the bottom and side crusts. Next the filling of the pie is placed in the pie plate in the usual manner.

The next step is to form the top crust. Cavity :e will again be powdered With fiour and filled to slight eXcess with the kneaded dough, which is rolled in the same manner as previously described in forming the bottom crust, and the excess is thereby removed. Ring B is the-n placed on top of the layer in cavity !0, concentrically with respect to the cavity. Ring B and mold A are then held together by the fingers, inverted, centered over the pie plate, and thus centerecl placed on top of the pie plate. The dough layer is now in the proper position on top of the pie, the fingers release ring B and it will drop outside o and clear of the pie plate. The pie is now ready for baking.

In addition to removing the difliculty so commonly experienced of placing the thin dough layers in position in or on the pie plate my said device and method have the added advantages of insuring a crust of uniiorm thickness, and further, since the kneaded dough is subjected to less rolling pressure the crust Will be more tender than in the case of those made in the usual manner.

In referring to cavities ill and H of mold A as circular, it Will be understood that any polysided geometric figure approximating a circle may be used.

.It is obvious that changes may be made in the embodiment of ny invention hereinabove described without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Reference is made to an abandoned application previously filed by me for a Device for and Method of Making Pie crusts, Serial No. 5945189, filed May 17 1945, this application being intended to supersede said prior application.

I claim:

1. A device for making pie crusts comprising a mold having a shallow substantially circular cavity with a fiat bottom and a low vertical peripheral side wall, the depth of the cavity being equal to the thickness oi the pie crust desired to be made, the iameter of the cavity being substantially the same as that of the total diameters of the bottom and side crusts red, and a fiat ring having an outside diametei iurnishing a loose fit oi said ring inside said cavity, and having an oiameter greater than the outdiameter of the top pie crust desired to be 2. A device for making the bottom, side and top crusts of a pie ccmprising a inold for forming the combined bottom and side crusts, having a substantially circular cavity with a flat bottom and a low vertical peripheral side wall, the depth of the cavity being equal to the thickness of the crust desired to be made, the inside diameter of the cavity being substantially the same as the combined widths of the desired bottom and side crusts, and a flat ring for use in conjunction With said mold for forming the desired top crust, having an outside diameter urnishing a loose fit of said ring inside said cavity of said mold, and having an inside diameter greater than the outside diameter oi the desired top pie crust.

STANLEY S. SMITH.

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